Entire roster of the OHL's Flint Firebirds quits team after coaches are fired

[Resolute 14]

...for refusing to play the owner's son. The son also walked out with his team.

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..Coaches fired immediately after game. Entire team, all 24 Guys storm upstairs to front office, throw jersey on ground, quit and walk out

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/junio...int-firebirds/

And this from /u/Well_rounded on Reddit:

A friend of mine works at a news station in Flint, hasn't gotten the "official" stamp yet, as he says it's now a race to see which news station gets the "official" stamp, but:

"The owner bought the team so his son could play in the OHL because he knew he wasn't talented enough to make it on his own. He then drafted his son and two of his friends on the OHL draft. Head coach John Gruden was forced to keep him on the roster but Gruden wouldn't play him. So tonight, Gruden was fired."

[Bobblehead]

Good on the owner's son for walking out with the team. He is in a tough spot.

[Julio]

More info here:

http://forum.calgarypuck.com/showthread.php?t=150398

[shermanator]

My first thought when reading this: Who are the Flint Firebirds? Turns out they are a new club.

[Bobblehead]

Originally Posted by shermanator

My first thought when reading this: Who are the Flint Firebirds? Turns out they are a new club.

Plymouth Whalers relocation.